Bug 237087

Summary:	dev-db/firebird 2.1.0.17798.0-r1 in classic version fb_lock_manager must be run with root priveleges
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sergei Drachev <sw_kutulu>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it <maintainer-needed>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sergei Drachev 2008-09-08 18:45:08 UTC

fb_lock_manager is running under user 'firebird' in this version.
It may cause serious database corruption if you run gbak under user 'root'.
In this case fb_lock_manager cannot send any signals to gbak.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Łukasz Damentko (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-30 16:23:23 UTC

Reassigning to maintainer-needed since wltjr has left Gentoo, bug #135927.

Comment 2 William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-02-23 19:25:59 UTC

Is this still the case and can you provide additional information, showing what happens if you run gbak as root while fb_lock_manager is running under root. I have been using gbak as root to backup databases nightly for years without any problems. If no additional comments, will close as needinfo.